GPO Facing Formidable Challenges
"The solution proposed by OMB is not likely to serve the taxpayer well," he said. "Efforts to move procurement to the executive agencies will only result in duplication and thus more cost...The proposal does not serve the printing industry."
Recently, though, PIA put out a press release praising OMB's proposal and insisting it "did not oppose" the original OMB initiative. This praise, Cooper says, was due to the "significant changes" OMB made since its first version. Specifically, the revamped proposal limits in-house printing, promises an open procurement system and implements "best value" procurement.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
